How important are linguistic factors in word skipping during reading?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-171

  Drieghe, Denis ^a   Desmet, Timothy ^a   Brysbaert, Marc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33847006237     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X111258     Document Type: Article

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